The Beginning of Demand Destruction?
Earlier today, we looked at the decrease in miles driven in the US (Chart of the Day: US Miles Driven). Let’s put that into some...
2008 Inman Innovator Awards
Huzzah! The Big Picture is nominated for a 2008 Inman Innovator Awards finalists in the category of Blog. As they say, it is an honor...
Chart of the Day: US Miles Driven
$4.05+ average national gas costs and $140 barrel oil is having its effect: Demand destruction brought about by high prices has lead to...
Bloomberg: Can the Fed Cook Bear’s Books?
Here is today’s intriguing article from late yesterday: Bloomberg’s Jonathan Weil explains why the Fed does not follow GAAP....
Are We Too Gloomy?
That’s the question asked by the Washington Post: "Soft? You betcha. In recession? Quite possibly. And a crisis in the...
High Gas Prices? Try a Segway!
With high gasoline prices and a slowing economy, Americans are looking for transportation alternatives for getting to and from...
Stairway to Heaven is Worth $572 million
Portfolio does a fun analysis as to what the full value of Led Zeppelin‘s Stairway to Heaven would be worth if the band went all...
2008 Recession Call: Increasingly Difficult to Avoid
The scales continue to tip in favor of our Recession call (Yo! Jimmy P!). Three recent comments suggest as much: 1) Macroeconomic...
Fifth Third Bank
Bouncing around trading desks is this comment on Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB): “Given its recent performance, the company has...